That's right Detroit. We have our own annoying chant. Get used to it. You Got Rondo'd.
For really the first time this year, Rondo played a fantastic game. Attacking the basket, active on defense, really just what we all remembered from the playoffs (home games only).
This turned into a laugher on the strength of the third quarter which saw the Celtics open a 9 point lead to 20. This one should help that anemic point differential that the C's are sporting right now.
Some random notes:
- Out of the box, the Celts did not play well, trailing by 9 very early on.
- Once again, Tony Allen played very, very well versus the Pistons. Solid D and a couple of dunks. At one point TA drove baseline and attempted a vicious cram over two Pistons. He was fouled on the play, but the message was clear. TA was in full on Salmon and Mashed mode. More of that please Tony.
- Leon also played very well. Quite frankly, he's a monster in the post. I don't know who can guard him. His usual ramming-it-low post game and glass handy-work was also supplemented by an unbelievable one-handed stuff on Prince.
- Eddie House went 3-4 from downtown. Yes please.
- POB got some burn. Umm...he's quite raw. He had a nice turnaround jumper. Had a second turnaround stuffed back in his face and got a cheap dunk on a dime from Scals. Really all I was left thinking was those who were clamoring for more burn from POB should really re-think that position.
- PP, RA, KG all played too. They were ok I guess. They all played less than 30 minutes which is in my opinion the best stat in the box score
- Only 12 turnovers (+4 on the night). The Celts shot just under 50% for the night, and the Pistons were at 42% however that was aided by some sustained gar-bage time.
BOSTON CELTICS | |||||||||||||
STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
Kevin Garnett, PF | 25 | 6-10 | 0-0 | 3-4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
Paul Pierce, SF | 28 | 2-9 | 1-3 | 4-4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
Kendrick Perkins, C | 26 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Ray Allen, SG | 24 | 3-7 | 1-3 | 5-6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 |
Rajon Rondo, PG | 26 | 7-11 | 1-1 | 3-4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 18 |
BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS |
Eddie House, SG | 15 | 4-7 | 3-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 |
Brian Scalabrine, PF | 11 | 1-3 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Tony Allen, SG | 28 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
Leon Powe, PF | 18 | 2-4 | 0-0 | 3-7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Glen Davis, PF | 20 | 1-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
Gabe Pruitt, PG | 12 | 1-4 | 0-1 | 0-0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
Patrick O'Bryant, C | 6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
TOTALS | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | OREB | DREB | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PF | PTS | |
36-73 | 7-14 | 19-28 | 11 | 31 | 42 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 98 | ||
49.3% | 50.0% | 67.9% | Team TO (pts off): 13 (17) |
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